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Coastal Flood Statement 12, NWS Wakefield, VA

May 8, 201617 counties in Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; 4 counties in Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this coastal flood statement at May 8, 2016, 4:50 PM EDT for 17 counties in Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; 4 counties in Maryland. It took effect at May 8, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2016, 4:50 PM EDT (20:50 UTC)
In effect from
May 8, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
May 9, 2016, 6:48 AM EDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
All 22 counties

Dorchester County, MD, Somerset County, MD, Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD, Currituck County, NC, Accomack County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Gloucester County, VA, James City County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Surry County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 11:40 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryAKQDorchester, Somerset, Wicomico7 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in Virginia, 2016Coastal Flood Statements in Maryland, 2016Coastal Flood Statements in North Carolina, 2016Every coastal flood statement in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.